Language Arts: Tonight respond to the following: (First type this in MicroSoft, OpenOffice or Google Docs.
Then post it on the blog website: Blog Website

Bird Boy: Why did the author choose to use a sock and marbles(symbolism) as the weapon, given he could have used anything?

Respond to a strong emotion you had while reading this chaper OR what surprised you.


Science: We introduced the egg drop today. Documents can be accessed on the home page for now but they are also located in science links on the navigation bar in the scientific method link located there.

Tonight they need to design a rough draft for an idea for creating an egg crate. They should include labels and also a short explantion describing the design elements of their "crate".

Some time this week they should bring in a hard boiled egg to test if the structure can support a hard boiled egg. The day of the competition it will be raw.